{"id":591924,"date":"2021-07-15T11:05:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T15:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=591924"},"modified":"2021-07-15T11:05:38","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T15:05:38","slug":"justice-stephen-breyer-weighs-in-on-his-potential-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-stephen-breyer-weighs-in-on-his-potential-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice Stephen Breyer Weighs In On His Potential Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjustice-stephen-breyer-weighs-in-on-his-potential-retirement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=591924&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"43.314687320711\">\n<p>Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said that he was undecided on his retirement in a new interview.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/15\/politics\/stephen-breyer-retirement-plans\/index.html?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twCNN&amp;utm_content=2021-07-15T10:41:49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Speaking with CNN<\/a>, the 83-year-old Breyer answered \u201cno\u201d when asked if he knew when he would retire.<\/p>\n<p>He gave two reasons that would contribute to an eventual decision: \u201cPrimarily, of course, health,\u201d Breyer said. \u201cSecond, the court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Liberals have <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/17\/progressive-activists-ivy-league-professors-justice-breyer-resign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">urged Breyer to step down<\/a> at the end of the court\u2019s current term so that President Joe Biden can name a younger, liberal justice to the bench while Democrats hold a Senate majority. But Breyer told CNN that he was happy as the court\u2019s highest-ranking liberal, saying that it had \u201cmade a difference\u201d to him.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7237633\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"35\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7237633\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7237633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1232482584-scaled-1.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1232482584-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1232482584-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1232482584-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1232482584-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1232482584-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1232482584-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7237633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The nine Supreme Court justices in April, 2021. Breyer sits in the front row, second from the right. (ERIN SCHAFF\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Breyer has played a central role in several recent high-profile cases, from rejecting a third attempt to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/17\/supreme-court-obamacare-obama-republican-healthcare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kill the Affordable Care Act<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/23\/supreme-court-free-speech-mahanoy-area-high-school-brandi-levy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">safeguarding student speech rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He has also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/07\/justice-stephen-breyer-expanding-court-further-erode-trust\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">warned against packing the Supreme Court<\/a>, warning in April that doing so could further erode Americans\u2019 trust in it. He defended the court\u2019s refusal to hear former President Donald Trump\u2019s challenges to the 2020 election, noting that the \u201ccourt is guided by legal principle, not politics.\u201d&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/07\/justice-stephen-breyer-expanding-court-further-erode-trust\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Breyer: Packing The Court Could Erode Confidence In It)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Breyer has been on the court since 1994, longer than any justice except for Clarence Thomas, who was confirmed in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said that he was undecided on his retirement in a new interview. 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